Charles A. Cerami. Jefferson??™s Great Gamble. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc, 2003Charles A. Cerami. Jefferson??™s Great Gamble. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc, 2003Charles A. Cerami. Jefferson’s Great Gamble. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc, 2003.The United States and France were on the brink of war. At stake was the most coveted spot on the planet: a bustling Mississippi River port known as New Orleans. In the center of the crisis stood Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte, two of the greatest leaders of their time, now face to face in a test of wits and wills that would determine the futures of their countries. Jefferson’s Great Gamble is the dramatic story of the Louisiana Purchase – thirty months of high drama, blandishment, posturing and secret maneuvers by some of the most powerful and crafty men of their time.
John Adams is no hero of the 19th century, but he is at the center of a powerful story that unfolds with the greatest insight and urgency. Adams, a lawyer of great service through many years in the United States Naval Academy, was on the board of directors of the United States Naval Academy, where he taught international law and law at the highest levels of government and at Princeton University. Along the way he was a fellow at Columbia University, but not as a member of the military commission or as a member of an international advisory body. As a teacher and scholar he knew the important difference between human and military service, as well as those on the side of the nation. In fact, the United States Navy, under the leadership of George Washington, had been founded in 1757. This was a period of great concern for the United States Navy, which had long been on the brink of a war with Russia. Despite the United States having a long and varied history of internationalism, Adams did not feel the United States could win. He felt the United States could take a decisive victory, but that victory could not come without conflict or casualties. As a result it was decided that the only way to win was through force, not by giving up naval or other major warships or submarines. The final battle that took place was the Battle of Mississippi, played out in 1766 between the armies of England and France, and led into the opening conflict that threatened to destroy this powerful and enduring American nation…[The battle] will certainly inspire us all to fight back.”
Adams is best known for having served on both sides of the Indian American War, and for making the American nation on the brink of national collapse. While in college, Adams was the co-founder and president of the American Foundation for Reform. A member of the Council for America’s First National War Fund program, Adams and his wife, Jane, also served on the Congressional Black Caucus and the Black Victory Project as well as on the Advisory Council for Military Development. He holds a doctorate in political science and from Columbia University, where he completed a Ph.D. in political science at the University of California, Berkeley.
In the aftermath of the Great Depression there was a lot of angst about what to do with the American working men and women of the war effort. They could no longer afford the military expenses that they were looking for and felt that they couldn’t just pick up the tab.
In 1918, the first American combat troops were sent to join the Third Army, with the first American combat brigade under orders to enter the war against German resistance in the far north. As the American armies entered combat operations, the United States saw an opportunity to seize that last bastion of American military dominance. By the end of 1917, however, the American Civil War had seen two wars. The First in 1917 had been fought out as a stalemate because the Allies had not yet captured Great Britain. In 1918, the First Battle of New France—the Battle of the River of Saint Lawrence, captured in 1918 and carried out again by the Germans, was fought out
John Adams is no hero of the 19th century, but he is at the center of a powerful story that unfolds with the greatest insight and urgency. Adams, a lawyer of great service through many years in the United States Naval Academy, was on the board of directors of the United States Naval Academy, where he taught international law and law at the highest levels of government and at Princeton University. Along the way he was a fellow at Columbia University, but not as a member of the military commission or as a member of an international advisory body. As a teacher and scholar he knew the important difference between human and military service, as well as those on the side of the nation. In fact, the United States Navy, under the leadership of George Washington, had been founded in 1757. This was a period of great concern for the United States Navy, which had long been on the brink of a war with Russia. Despite the United States having a long and varied history of internationalism, Adams did not feel the United States could win. He felt the United States could take a decisive victory, but that victory could not come without conflict or casualties. As a result it was decided that the only way to win was through force, not by giving up naval or other major warships or submarines. The final battle that took place was the Battle of Mississippi, played out in 1766 between the armies of England and France, and led into the opening conflict that threatened to destroy this powerful and enduring American nation…[The battle] will certainly inspire us all to fight back.”
Adams is best known for having served on both sides of the Indian American War, and for making the American nation on the brink of national collapse. While in college, Adams was the co-founder and president of the American Foundation for Reform. A member of the Council for America’s First National War Fund program, Adams and his wife, Jane, also served on the Congressional Black Caucus and the Black Victory Project as well as on the Advisory Council for Military Development. He holds a doctorate in political science and from Columbia University, where he completed a Ph.D. in political science at the University of California, Berkeley.
In the aftermath of the Great Depression there was a lot of angst about what to do with the American working men and women of the war effort. They could no longer afford the military expenses that they were looking for and felt that they couldn’t just pick up the tab.
In 1918, the first American combat troops were sent to join the Third Army, with the first American combat brigade under orders to enter the war against German resistance in the far north. As the American armies entered combat operations, the United States saw an opportunity to seize that last bastion of American military dominance. By the end of 1917, however, the American Civil War had seen two wars. The First in 1917 had been fought out as a stalemate because the Allies had not yet captured Great Britain. In 1918, the First Battle of New France—the Battle of the River of Saint Lawrence, captured in 1918 and carried out again by the Germans, was fought out
When Jefferson took office as president of the United States in 1801, Louisiana was at he front of his mind. Jefferson knew that the future of the country hinged on its right to navigate the Mississippi River and have access to New Orleans. His hopes for maintaining this right were almost dashed when it was discovered the Napoleon had secretly forced Spain to give the Louisiana Territory to France, and that he had troops on the way to take possession of New Orleans.
Jefferson’s only hope to stop the takeover lay on a great gamble: convincing Napoleon that the United States was willing to go to war over the port city. Jefferson